— a working notebook
Hullo!
I'm Jonas.
I'm a chemist trained in organic chemistry at
TUM,
UC Berkeley,
and ETH Zürich,
now joining
MIT
as a Postdoctoral Associate in the
Raines group
to dive into RNA chemistry, chemical biology and enzymology.
Outside the lab, my attention goes to film, photography, literature,
and the arts more broadly, to running long distances, and to thinking
elsewhere.
— placeholder entries · site in build
science · essays · notes
- On the half-life of a good question
- Three pivots, in chemistry
- What an instrument wants to be
+ 2 more
On the half-life of a good question
science · 2026 · in build
Three pivots, in chemistry
science · 2025 · 9 min
What an instrument wants to be
essays · 2025 · 14 min
A short defense of slow tools
essays · 2024 · 6 min
Field notes from a cold lab
notes · 2024 · 4 min
hardware · ventures · builds
- Free Food Finder — campus food, fast
- ETHos — a photoreactor
- stealth — micro-brand
builds · 2026 · launching
stealth — micro-brand
ventures · planning
photographs · short film
- Charles river, in fog
- Glassware, after hours
- Calla lilies
+ 2 more
Charles river, in fog
photographs · 2026 · 12 frames
Glassware, after hours
photographs · 2025 · 8 frames
Calla lilies
photographs · 2024 · 6 frames
Hands, gloves, fume hood
short film · 2025 · 2:14
Three pivots
short film · 2024 · 4:38